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Sherry lives 600’ down the hill from Mom
and Dad on the home place, which is located on the Speaks Rd. off Old
Hwy. 47, on the way to Stimpsons Mill. She and her son, Monroe, have a
pretty little house with a lovely yard here on the farm. In the small
chicken house and pen at the edge of the yard are Sherry’s pet
chickens. Her rooster almost talks to her, understanding her voice, and
answering her.
Sherry was born at
Tuality Hospital in Hillsboro and lived with her family and growing up
on their Dilley place. She went to Forest Grove High School. Sherry
was a tomboy doing farming, haying, horses, and picking crops.
She has always
attended Mt. Olive Church and, of course, was baptized and confirmed
there.
After high school,
she attended a business school becoming an engineering clerk. She
worked in administration as Assistant to the AVP at Rogers
Instruments dealing in international sales. She also worked at Flavorland in this field for four years, and for a year for
veterinarians Dr. Coon and Dr Minor.
She married in
1998. She had one son, Monroe Gerdes Jr., born in 2000.
She and her husband
operated a nursery at Thatcher and Sherry worked with the plants. She
and her husband divorced.
At this time Sherry
is fighting a serious illness and is unable to work out. However, she
baby-sits brothers Eric and Marty’s children part-time and helps Dad on
the farm.
HOBBIES: She loves
gardening and she likes a good cup of coffee. Also, she is her son’s
soccer and T-ball coach.
It’s a good life
here on the farm and Mom, Doris, and Sherry are each other’s best
friends.
Monroe Jr. is in the
first grade. He is very good at art, rides his bike, and wants to be an
Olympic runner (at least for now). He also loves to go to the movies
with Mom.
His greatest feat, I
believe, is shimmying up a 1-1/2” galvanized pipe, 10; high, using his
hands and bare feet.
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